GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — A Michigan man is up for execution after the U.S. Department of Justice announced it would reinstate the death penalty.
It will be the first time the department will execute federal death row inmates since 2003.
Marvin Gabrion is one of 62 death row inmates currently awaiting execution. He is the only one from Michigan.
In 2002, Gabrion was convicted of the 1997 murder of 19-year-old Rachel Timmerman. At the time, Gabrion was awaiting trial for sexually assaulting Timmerman.
Investigators say Gabrion kidnapped her, tied her up while she was still alive, weighed her down with cinderblocks and dumped her in a lake near Big Rapids.
Her 11-month-old daughter, Shannon Verhage, was believed to be with her at the time. The baby was never found.
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